[sdiy] Timbral musings

[Paul Perry]

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>-Wave shapers work in time domain, do not necessarily
>have strong and interesting effect in the frequency domain.
>What looks interesting on 'skope is perhaps dull in
>the speaker. This can be frustrating.

..wave shapers are often 'disappointing' because the
harmonics produced have a constant phase relationship
(exactly what a real-world instrument DOESN'T have).
I'm not knocking wave shapers, they are a terrific tool,
but running a static program source into them is not 
terribly useful... they rally shine for LFO modification, though!

paul perry Melbourne Australia